January has so far been uneventful and if I'm honest, rather dreary. Snow came and went, then returned.

The robin we call 'ours' was ever-present during the coldest days, nourishing himself on crumbs of home-made bread and left-over Christmas cake.

Marley often stepped out onto untouched snow and thought about coming straight back inside again. Here he is at 10 o'c at night.

Between periods of snow, the horses enjoyed their hay in the open. That's our Sienna on the left with Ingeborg's Liberté.

While we were doing the year's accounts this morning, a small ripple of excitement (comparatively speaking) came when the commune's tree surgeons passed along our lane trimming overhanging branches. Our ancient apple tree in the potager opposite had a haircut.

I did say January was uneventful!

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